Glossary

(jǝ ne ti sist): A scientist who studies genetics, which is the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms.

((jǝ nō mik tül): A tool used in a branch of biotechnology concerned with the genetic mapping and DNA sequencing of sets of genes or the total genetic make-up of a cell or organism.

(jǝ nō miks): A branch of biotechnology concerned with genetics.

A class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic, specifically a category of biological classification ranking between the family and the species.

(jē ō ke mi kəl): Having to do with the chemical composition of and chemical changes in the solid matter of the Earth or a celestial body (such as the Moon).

(jē ǝ gra fik): Of or relating to the natural parts of an area.

(jē ə gra fik rānj): The region throughout which a kind of organism or ecological community naturally lives or occurs.

(jē ä grə fē): A science that deals with the location of living and nonliving things on Earth and the way they affect one another.

(jē ä lə jē): A science that deals with the history of the Earth and its life, especially as recorded in rocks.

(jē ə mȯr fik): Relating to the form of the landscape and other natural features of the earth’s surface.

(jē ō mor fä lə jē): A science that deals with the relief features (or landforms) of the Earth or of another celestial body (such as the Moon) and how they were made and developed.

(jē ō spā shǝl): Consisting of or relating to data that are directly linked to specific geographical locations.

(jər mə nāt): To cause to sprout or develop.

(jǝr mi nāt id): Caused to sprout or develop.

(jǝr mǝ nā shǝn): The process of beginning to grow, sprout, or develop.

(gərth): A measure around a body.

(glō bəl pə zi sh(ə-)niŋ si stəm): A navigation system that uses satellite signals to find the location of a radio receiver on or above the Earth's surface.

(glō bǝl wȯrm iŋ): A warming of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans that is predicted to result from an increase in the greenhouse effect caused by air pollution.

(glō bə lə zā shən): The act or process or state of making worldwide in scope or application; especially, the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets.

(glü kōs): A sugar that occurs especially in a naturally occurring form that is found in plants, fruits, and blood and is a source of energy for living things.